The Kano State Police Command says it has intercepted consignments of suspected explosive components and drugs in two separate intelligence-driven operations across the state, leading to the arrest of a prime suspect. Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, disclosed the breakthroughs on Thursday in a statement issued on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori. Kiyawa explained that the clampdowns were executed in line with the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to tighten intelligence gathering and strengthen proactive policing nationwide. According to the statement, officers attached to the Rijiyar Lemo Division raided a…
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A Principal of Sapele Technical College, Sapele, Delta State, Mrs Rosemary Itawansa, has been removed from her position over alleged unauthorised farming and timber milling activities reportedly taking place on the institution’s premises. The Delta State Ministry of Technical Education ordered her immediate redeployment to its headquarters in Asaba following a monitoring exercise across schools to assess compliance with second-term resumption. According to findings from the inspection team, portions of the school compound had been converted for agricultural and wood processing use, in what officials described as grave abuse of office and violation of the purpose for which the land…
Fresh tension has gripped Turan District in Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State following a renewed assault by suspected armed herders that left two farmers dead and several settlements deserted. The latest incursion, which occurred on Wednesday afternoon, reportedly began in Imande Avur and spilled into neighbouring Abande and Mbaikyor communities, triggering panic and mass displacement as residents fled to avoid further violence. The victims, identified as Elder Abur Alam and his son, Ikyaa, were said to have been attacked while working on their farmland. Locals described the duo as peaceful farmers who had no confrontation with anyone. A…
A former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Ambassador Omolade Oluwateru, has resigned from the crisis-ridden Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Oluwateru, who served as deputy governor to the late Dr Olusegun Agagu, announced his resignation on Thursday during the celebration of his 79th birthday organised by the Asiwaju Mandate Group in Akure, the state capital. The former Nigerian Ambassador to Uganda said his decision to quit the opposition party was informed by the “lingering leadership crisis” rocking the PDP at both the national and state levels, which he described as a lack of direction, foresight, and internal cohesion.…
….Gov Aiyedatiwa Commends Tinubu, Assures Full State Collaboration …..Says No Student Should Miss Tertiary Education By Precious Oluwole Ondo State Governor, Dr Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has expressed strong support for the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) initiative, pledging that his administration would mobilise students across the state to take full advantage of the interest-free loan scheme. The governor gave the assurance on Thursday in Akure while receiving the management of NELFUND on a courtesy visit, as the agency commenced its first South-West visit of the year in Ondo State. Aiyedatiwa described the visit as timely and symbolic, thanking the NELFUND…
A university don, Prof. Sunday Olatunji, has argued that Artificial Intelligence (AI) should be made a compulsory course for all students in higher institutions across Nigeria, irrespective of their field of study. He also called on Nigeria and Africa to build an intelligent, inclusive and technologically sovereign future to elevate human potential through artificial intelligence. To achieve these goals, the Professor of Artificial Intelligence urged the nation and continent to: institutionalise capacity building for AI excellence; develop functional policy and ethical frameworks for responsible AI; build artificial intelligence literacy and workforce development; make AI a general course in all higher…
Panic gripped residents of Oghior community in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State on Wednesday after a young man, identified as Saturday Okutu, allegedly set his father, Pa Chicago Okutu, ablaze. Witnesses told our correspondent that the incident followed a heated altercation between the suspect and the late septuagenarian. Sources claimed the younger Okutu had allegedly taken a substance locally known as “Colorado” moments before the confrontation escalated into violence. The altercation reportedly degenerated, culminating in the torching of their residence, with the elderly man trapped inside. He was said to have died from the blaze before neighbours could…
Tension has heightened in parts of Akwa Ibom State following the reported disappearance of Princess God’sown Udoito, a frontline campaigner for Ekid ownership of the contested Stubbs Creek Forest Reserve. The Ekid Peoples Union, EPU, raised the alarm late Wednesday after confirming that the activist was picked up by security operatives in Eket, but said the police have since denied knowledge of her whereabouts. In a statement signed by the union’s National President, Dr Samuel Udonsak, and Secretary General, Sir Bassey Dan-Abia, the group said attempts to locate or reach the advocate had proved abortive. The statement partly reads, “Princess…
An Area Court in Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday sentenced a man, Abdullahi Usman, to 12 months’ imprisonment for wooing a married woman and attempting to extort her through blackmail. Police prosecutor, Inspector Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the case was lodged at Angwan Rogo Police Station on November 24, 2025, by the woman’s husband, Hamza Aliyu. According to Gokwat, Usman, a neighbour to the couple, had persistently contacted the woman, pressuring her to meet him in a hotel for a romantic affair. When she refused, he allegedly threatened to expose her to her husband and falsely accuse her…
Suspected bandits on Wednesday night stormed the Kasuwar Daji livestock market in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, rustling no fewer than 500 cows in a coordinated attack. State chairman of the Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Comrade Aminu Garba, confirmed the incident, describing it as a repeat of a similar raid in the area about four years ago. Garba said the attackers were believed to have mingled with traders and villagers during the day to study market activities before striking under the cover of darkness. He explained that many of the stolen cattle had been brought from…